TY - SER TI - Métodos de investigación centrados en la comunidad SN - 0210-5020 N1 - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa N2 - Community-focused research is a complex undertaking that requires a team of mature people, with a solid background and capable of forgetting their own orientation, their prejudices, in order to adapt to the needs and problems of the chosen community. Many communities have little money and simply cannot afford to finance a group of intellectuals who would find an esoteric project exciting without, in the long run, adding anything to solving the health problems of that community. In a field in which knowledge is more practical than theoretical, this work is a fundamental contribution ER -